Work & commute · Ash Grove

Work & commute in Ash Grove, MO

Most working residents leave Ash Grove for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (48%), Walnut Grove (3%) and Bolivar (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 456 Ash Grove residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ash Grove.

456live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ash Grove goes to work

Springfield18 mi away

48%239

Ash Grove (in town)right here

8%37

Walnut Grove6.6 mi away

3%15

Bolivar21.6 mi away

3%15

Willard9.1 mi away

3%14

Joplin53.4 mi away

2%8

Greenfield15.9 mi away

1%6

Republic13.8 mi away

1%6

Jefferson City115.3 mi away

1%6

Kansas City135.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%141

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ash Grove commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

63%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ash Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ash Grove are

449 jobs are based in Ash Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ash Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ash Grove

449 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Ash Grove residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+6%

Jobs based in Ash Grove, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 449. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.